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June 28, 2006

Thom Yorke | The Eraser | XL Recordings

By Nick Durnhofer

Like the rubber on the back of a pencil, Thom Yorke's The Eraser gracefully succeeds in its removal of triteness and triviality from electronic rock, while also infusing the genre with a unique soul and rhythm that many ...

June 28, 2006

Dixie Chicks | Taking the Long Way | SONY BMG Music Entertainment

By Amita Chollate

The overall quality of the album is a major departure from typical Dixie Chicks style. Political and emotional, the Chicks produce an album that strays away from mainstream country music to a more folk rock sound.

June 28, 2006

Artsweek Summer Calendar

By system

Wednesday, July 19: Burning to see "Thank You For Smoking"? Jason Reitman's hilarious comedy about the trials and tribulations of a tobacco lobbyist is playing at Campbell Hall tonight, thanks to the fine folks at Arts &...

June 1, 2006

X-traordinarily Ordinary

By Bryan Nobuhara

"X-Men: The Last Stand" might as well have been titled "X-Man" or better yet, "Wolverine," because this movie is basically just about Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). Although this may seem like a good thing, it is not. There c...

June 1, 2006

Don’t Pass On This Cast

By Amita Chollate

Lately, there seems to be a wave of commercial Hollywood actors experimenting with independent films that generally have short, limited releases in the theaters and enjoy most of their success after they are released on ...

June 1, 2006

Get Reel

By Will Wolfslau Mollie Vandor Rachel Hommel

“Masqued” Haunting, eery and more than a little creepy, “Masqued” was a beautiful but chilling combination of fairy tale and fright. The film is based on an adaptation of two classic tales –...

June 1, 2006

Viva La Lucha Libre

By Mark Batella

Seeing two enormous, masked men in the dark usually signals trouble. This was far from the case when attendees at last Saturday's screening of "Santo vs. the Martian Invasion" at I.V. Theater found themselves in the pres...

June 1, 2006

Painting The Town

By Sophia Kercher

Set against the gorgeous Santa Barbara sunshine and the picturesque charm of the Old Mission, the 20th anniversary of the I Madonnari Street Painting Festival this weekend was a treat.

June 1, 2006

Acoustic Awesomeness

By Stephanie Cain

In distressed jeans, tight green T-shirt, flashy sunglasses and bed-head hair, Josh Allan may seem like a typical young musician. But once he took the stage at SOhO in downtown Santa Barbara on Tuesday night, he proved t...

June 1, 2006

CD: Elefant – Black Magic Show

By Aly Comingore

Rather than churning out an album that you would love to love, or even something that you would love to hate, 80s throwback gurus Elefant have crafted The Black Magic Show - a record that jumps between infectious and inf...

May 25, 2006

If You Don’t Give A Fuck About The Sunshine. . .

By Mollie Vandor

The recipe for A.S. Program Board's Extravaganza 2006, held on May 21, was fairly straightforward. Mix two parts laidback hippy festival, two parts rap fan's delight and one part reggae rock show, and soak it all in a so...

May 25, 2006

Cracking the Code

By Tiffany Peal

The screen faded to black, and the credits slowly began to roll. Amid the few, less-than-uproarious rounds of applause, one statement could be heard over and over again, "The book was so much better."

May 25, 2006

It’s Just the Blues Baby

By Rachel Hommel

While blues is known to be synonymous with low spirits and sadness, the audience at B.B. King's concert at the Arlington Theatre downtown was anything but blue.

May 25, 2006

Gypsy Kings

By Will Wolfsalu

"I am the champion of champions," Uncle Refet said, the 70-something self-proclaimed "King of Disco" and citizen of Shutka, a tiny Roma town in Macedonia.

May 25, 2006

Don’t Press Your Luck

By Aly Comingore

It's no real surprise that Lindsay Lohan's latest identity-swapping adventure is cheesy - anyone forced to sit through the trailer could have deduced that much in about 30 seconds.

May 25, 2006